Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-344) and index.
Studying metal: the bricolage of culture -- Heavy metal: the beat that refuses to die -- Making the music: metal gods -- Digging the music: proud pariahs -- Transmitting the music: metal media -- The concert: metal epiphany -- Maligning the music: metal detractors -- Metal in the '90s -- APPENDICES: Appendix A: Suggested hearings: 100 definitive metal albums -- Appendix B: Gender preferences for metal subgenres -- Appendix C: Proportion of heavy metal albums in Billboard's top 100.